'CultureShift' host Travis Wright to leave WDET

Travis Wright, co-host of WDET's "CultureShift" show, announced Tuesday that he is leaving the Detroit public radio station.

In a Facebook post, Wright said his departure "will surely come as a surprise to many." The radio show host said he will sign off at the end of next week.

"These past 5 and 1/2 years have been life-changing, personally and professionally," the post said. "There's a real possibility that I'll never work alongside a finer team of people. The bar has been set."

Wright joined WDET in 2011 as a reporter and anchor of "All Things Considered," according to his biography on station's website. The graduate of Wayne State University has covered Detroit's music, arts and culture scene since 2006.

"I can't overstate how much I've learned about Detroit, about the art of radio and the art of the interview, but most of all, what I've learned about myself," Wright's post said.